Why is my front tire wearing out on the edges and shaking?
Uneven outer edge wear paired with shaking and pulling to one side points to loose steering components or a bad tire. This makes the vehicle pull hard in whichever direction the wheel or worn tire is turned, leaving drivers struggling to figure out where to start fixing the frontend.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Getting a wheel alignment
- 2Inspecting and replacing ball joints and tie rods
- 3Using a pry bar to check for play in the suspension components
- 4aligning the car
- 5balancing the wheels
- 6swapping tires to check for radial pull
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Only one tire worn thin out both outer edges, all other tires are fine. The car pulls to whatever side I have the wheel on and shakes pretty bad.”source ↗
“If I put this tire on the right side, it pulls to the right.”source ↗
Where this came up
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